Ancient Human Giants Graveyard Discovered in Alaska

Ancient Giants Graveyard Discovered in Alaska

The San Francisco Call, November 18, 1900
SKELETONS OF GIANTS IN ALASKA

Ancient Cemetery Uncovered in the Atlin Gold District.

Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, Nov. 17.—James L. Perkinson, an American miner of Atlin, arrived here today with news of the finding of a number of skeletons in an ancient Indian cemetery in the north, which is of startling scientific interest.

Perkinson is one of the owners of the Yellow Jacket, a rich claim . Which Is supposed to be the fountainhead of Pine, the principal creek in Atlin district. Two weeks ago the first excavations were being made for a new tunnel and what appears to have been an old Indian
burying ground was opened up.

Five skeletons, nearly complete, were exhumed and each is the set of bones that belonged to a giant of prehistoric times. One of the skeletons measure over seven feet in length, so that the man must have been considerably over that height. Then there were two others of within an inch of seven feet and the remaining two were more than six feet in length and the men were of gigantic frame.
The altitude is high and the ground was half frozen, s0 that the bones were preserved almost intact Perkinson says that .he expects if they had kept on digging they would have found many more, as these were lying comparatively close together.
The bones of the fingers and toes had crumbled away, but the linger of one skeletal hand was sufficiently  strong to hold a ring of what appears to be lead or some similar base, metal. The skeletons were unusually well formed, but one unique feature was that the arms were several inches shorter than ordinarily appears, while the size of the bones of the forearm was enormous in comparison to the usual models, Beside two of the skeletons were spears, rudely shaped with a soft metal and pointed with sharp stones. The spears were only about three feet long and five’ Inches thick at the top. tapering at the lower end. The top contained a socket into which a wooden shaft was probably placed, in order to wield the big piece of metal. Other pieces of stone and carved metal were found.. The general physical appearance of the  skeletons, according to the cursory examination of the miners, was similar to that of the-Indians of the present day. They were certainly of the flathead type of tribes. That the burying place Is of.ancient origin’ Is evidenced by the fact that the Indians say none of their tribesmen have lived within fifty miles of this place as far back as stories have been handed down. There are several mounds, presumably made by the Indian’s in the vicinity of the new mine tunnel ,now being extended

8 Foot Giant Humans Uncovered in Berryville, Virginia

8 Foot Giant Humans Uncovered in Berryville, Virginia

Spoke burials or skeletons situated around a central figure is most prominent in the Ohio Valley burial mounds.  The giant skeletons found in Virginia are a likely extension of the Ohio Valley giants

THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 8, 1924

INDIAN GRAVES YIELD

SHENANDOAH RELICS

      Flood waters near Berryville. Virginia unearth a 7 1/2 foot skeleton of an ancient human. Of course, when this human, to whom the bones belonged, was alive in the flesh he would have been more like 7 feet. 9 inches tall. Also, this skeleton like some others found in the same area had generally 2 to 3 times the mass as that of contemporary humans. The grave where the skeleton was found was centrally located amongst other graves, perhaps, testifying to the important position in society that the owner of these bones once held.

     Another find, much larger than the first, was on the farm of Felix McManus, near Berryville,Virginia This is supposed to be an old Indian cemetery, and the unearthing was done by floods when the Shenandoah River was unusually high. Practically the same sort of relics were found, including a tomahawk. The graves were grouped around a center one in which the skeleton measured seven and one-half feet.

Giant Human Sioux Skeletons Discovered Near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Giant Sioux Indians Discovered Near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Valentine Democrat Valentine, September 07, 1905
Giant Skeletons Found
     Two skeletons, each measuring more than 7 feet in length, were discovered Friday in a gravel pit in the forest near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.  The skulls are as large as those of two ordinary persons and the thigh bones are almost six inches longer than those of a six foot man.